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Filter by:The objective of this trial is to study the administration of the Menomune vaccine given intradermally and low-dose subcutaneously versus standard subcutaneously. This study will describe the immunogenicity of Menomune® - A/C/Y/W-135 administered subcutaneously (standard dose) versus intradermally over a dose range (1/10th, 2/10th, and 3/10th of standard dose) and a low dose (2/10th of standard dose) subcutaneously. The secondary objective is to describe the safety of the subcutaneous (SC) and intradermal (ID) routes at different dosages
This is a multicenter, randomized, efficacy and safety trial to evaluate Mycograb®. Subjects will be randomized to one of the 3 arms: 1/ Amphotericin B (0.7 mg/kg/d) plus 5-flucytosine (100 mg /kg/d); 2/ Amphotericin B plus Mycograb® (dosed 1 mg/kg via a central line or peripheral venous line twice daily for 7 consecutive days); 3/ Amphotericin B plus 5-flucytosine plus Mycograb® (dosed 1 mg/kg via a central line or peripheral venous line twice daily for 7 consecutive days). After 2 weeks, all patients will be switched to fluconazole at 400 mg/d for 8 weeks and 200 mg/d thereafter. The total duration of the study will be approximately 24 months
Cryptococcal Meningitis continues to be one of the most devastating AIDS defining illness in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the availability of azoles such as fluconazole for treatment, mortality remains high with some studies showing 100% mortality. The investigators designed a study to determine if timing of the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in patients with cryptococcal meningitis and HIV would improve survival. The investigators hypothesis was that early initiation of ART result in improved mortality for patients with HIV and cryptococcal meningitis.
The primary objective of this phase 3b study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Novartis MenACWY conjugate vaccine when administered with routine infant vaccinations to healthy infants
This study was designed to evaluate the antibody response to a Menactra® booster dose in participants who previously received one dose of Menactra® or Menomune® as adolescents 3 years earlier in Study MTA02. Primary Objective: To evaluate the antibody responses to a booster dose of a tetravalent meningococcal diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine (Menactra®) in participants who had previously received Menactra® or Menomune® as adolescents in the MTA02 Study and antibody responses to a dose of Menactra® in naive adolescents.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the concomitant administration of Menactra® vaccine and Tdap vaccine in adolescents aged 11 to 17 years. Primary Objective: To determine whether concomitant administration of two vaccines, Tdap and Menactra®, induces antibody responses that are similar to those observed when each vaccine is given separately. Secondary Objective: To compare the rates of injection site reactions at the Tdap injection site after Tdap and Menactra® vaccines are administered concomitantly to the corresponding rates of reactions when Tdap vaccine is administered alone.
Bacterial meningitis is a severe infection of the envelope which surrounds the brain. It is sometimes responsible for a cerebral oedema mattering with a loss of consciousness (coma). The usual treatment of this affection is based on the antibiotic therapy, anti-inflammatory drug and resuscitation measures in intensive care setting but the prognosis of comatose patients remains poor. Moderate hypothermia (body temperature is downed between 32 and 34°C°) made the proof of its efficiency in certain cerebral pathologies (notably the cerebral distress after cardiac arrest or oxygen lack in neonates) but was never evaluated in meningitis. In meningitis animal studies and in severe traumatic brain injury, moderate hypothermia is able to diminish cerebral oedema and brain inflammation. Thus, the objective of this study is to compare two strategies: only usual care or usual care completed by moderate hypothermia. The body temperature will be lowered between 32 and 34°C by means of a catheter placed in a big vein and connected to a machine in which circulates a cold liquid, or by means of an external cooling (ice-cold blanket, ice packs placed on the body). Whatever technique is chosen, the technique is perfectly mastered by the teams which take charge of the patients. After 48 hours, the technique of hypothermia will be suspended and body temperature will return passively and gradually to normal. The investigators believe that moderate hypothermia will improve the prognosis of the most severe patients.
This study was designed to generate data for the assessment of Meningococcal Polysaccharide Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate vaccine (Menactra®) when given to adults aged 18 to 55 years. Primary Objective: To describe the antibody response to each serogroup prior to, and 4 to 6 weeks following, the administration of one dose of the investigational Meningococcal Polysaccharide Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate vaccine (Menactra®), as measured by serum bactericidal activity using baby rabbit complement (SBA BR) in participants in each of the two study groups. Secondary Objective: To collect reference sera for the development and refinement of laboratory assays for the measurement of antibody responses to serogroups Y and W 135.
This study was designed to simulate meningococcal challenge by vaccination with a fractional combined dose of unconjugated meningococcal polysaccharides A, C, Y, and W-135, Menomune® in children who were vaccinated with one dose of TetraMenD at least 18 months earlier. Primary Objective: To evaluate and compare the antibody responses to a reduced dose of Menomune® in participants who had previously received a tetravalent meningococcal diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine to those responses in participants who received the same reduced dose of Menomune® but had not previously received any meningococcal vaccine.
The study investigated safety profile and the antibody responses to an experimental tetravalent meningococcal diphtheria conjugate vaccine (Menactra®) in children who have received a monovalent meningococcal C conjugate vaccine at least one year previously. Primary objective: To describe and compare the Serum Bactericidal Assay (SBA) antibody response for serogroup C in participants receiving Menactra® to the serogroup C antibody response in a control group of participants receiving a licensed Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine 28 days following vaccination.